1. Mitsui familyThe Mitsui family (三井家 Mitsuike, literally, Three wells, as depicted in their present trademark logo) is one of the most powerful families of merchants and industrialists in Japan. The Mitsui enterprise made its debut in 1673 when Mitsui Takatoshi (1622–1694), son of a sake brewer, established Echigo-ya, a dry goods department store in both Edo and Kyoto. Meeting with great success, Takatoshi extended his services to moneylending and exchange.
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